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sad news is that Imoen got irreversibly killed by one of the monster paintings traps - it was a surprise when it happened but then i thought 'you know what? i can live with that' so it's just minsc and PC
in related trying-to-manage-with-just-a-low-to-mid-level-cleric news, i learn that greater command is not only party-unfriendly, it's
caster unfriendly - good job minsc was able to rush up and kill the sleeping sahaguin while i dozed - good spell though especially as i won't be able to use the wand of cloudkill for some time yet . . . i've only got two slots though so if i'm going to make a dent in these (improved) guys i'll have to rest a lot or think of something else - a frontal assault on even one leaves us both stunned and, very shortly after, dead (i usually have a bunch of HLAs a reflection shield, invisibility on tap and two charged wands of cloudkill at this point!)
UPDATE: looks like priestess and avatar could be a bit of a problem . . .
i think the difficulty of the next chapter will depend on whether i can summon skele warriors - i fear that i won't be able to